Welcome to Ms. Badalucco’s Science Page!
This is Ms. Badalucco’s first year working with CPS and Hamilton Elementary after teaching three years in a 6th grade classroom near South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Ms. Badalucco grew up in Las Vegas and attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where she obtained her Bachelors in Elementary Education and Masters in Elementary Science Education. She has also received the Nevada NASA Space Grant to work with scientists from the Desert Research Institute, the Honeywell grant to attend Space Academy for teachers in Huntsville, Alabama, and has attended the Nevada Earth and Space Science Initiative every summer where teachers camp and learn to bring outdoor science into their classrooms.
With a strong foundation of using inquiry-based science in the classrooms, she is excited to be working with Ms. Andrews and to bring her love of science to Hamilton. In her spare time, Ms. Badalucco likes to travel, run, cook, and explore all the fantastic places to eat in Chicago.
Email Ms. Badalucco if you have any questions about what’s happening in the lab! KABadalucco@cps.edu
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Lab Happenings
5th Grade:
The fifth grade students are going to be working on solar energy this quarter. We will be having speakers come in to introduce solar energy as a renewable resource, learn how to track the sun, and learn how solar energy can improve communities.
2/17/12 -BONUS POINTS! The Museum of Science and Industry is showing a movie titled Burning in the Sun next Thursday, February 23. Admission and parking is FREE, but you must RSVP by February 20. Click here for the link. If you go, you will get a free lab pass worth 5 points.
5th Grade Homework-Rube Goldberg Machine CLICK HERE
Extension activities to check out- click here
6th Grade:
6th grade has ended their unit on soil and are moving on to rocks and minerals. They will be exploring the rock cycle, differences between rock and minerals, and erosion. Throughout the unit, “edible earth science” will be added in, so make sure that you are asking your child about what they did that day!
Extension activities to check out – click here
7th/8th Grade:
After studying about the scientific process, the 7th and 8th grade students have moved on to body systems. Ms. Andrews will be working with these classes to tie in technology to the lessons, and teaching the students how to use the school’s iPads. The 7th and 8th grade will learn about the different organ systems and their jobs, as well as how the different parts of the body work together to function.
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Ms. Andrews and Ms. Badalucco’s Science Classes
Students and parents-we have posted copies of the course expectations here:
5th Grade Science Expectations
6th Grade Science Expectations
7th/8th Grade Science Expectations
We will be handing these out on the first day of class, as well, and expect them to be signed and returned by every student and parent.
Note – Most science work will be done in the lab at school without a book, so attendance is necessary to fully understand topics being discussed. Plus, you don’t want to miss out on all the fun things your friends will be telling you about that we did.
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